# Mauritania Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Mauritania HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Mauritania (MRT)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $476.9M
- Products: 57
- Buyer markets: 33
- Average CAGR: +23.5%
- Global sector size: $58.9B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 030617 - Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $7.6B | $2.0M | $5.5B | +11.3% | 6 | +0.0% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $5.9B | $721.6 | $3.0B | +14.7% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 030743 - Molluscs: cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen | $4.5B | $40.8M | $2.1B | +3.8% | 7 | +0.5% |
| HS 170114 - Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $1.8B | $127.7K | $2.1B | +27.9% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 070200 - Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $3.0B | $2.0K | $1.8B | -23.0% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 230120 - Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $3.3B | $75.8M | $1.8B | +53.4% | 2 | +2.4% |
| HS 151190 - Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.4B | $1.6K | $1.6B | +22.3% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 070960 - Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | $2.1B | $6.8K | $1.2B | -6.2% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 230910 - Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $1.5B | $2.2 | $1.1B | +3.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160414 - Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $1.7B | $109.9K | $956.4M | +33.7% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 150420 - Fats and oils and their fractions: of fish, (excluding liver-oils) | $1.8B | $23.6M | $910.1M | +14.1% | 4 | +0.8% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $736.4M | $12.0K | $910.1M | +85.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030752 - Molluscs: octopus (Octopus spp.), frozen | $1.8B | $295.3M | $906.3M | +20.6% | 5 | +11.3% |
| HS 090240 - Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $841.4M | $494.0K | $849.6M | +47.2% | 2 | +0.2% |
| HS 150910 - Vegetable oils: olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.4B | $5.9 | $777.0M | -68.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220210 - Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $1.1B | $343.5 | $737.7M | -4.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 030312 - Fish: frozen, Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha/keta/tschawytscha/ kisutch/masou/rhodurus) other than sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $788.5M | $644.3K | $723.9M | -9.4% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 230990 - Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $1.9B | $8.2M | $696.6M | +38.6% | 4 | +0.4% |
| HS 030367 - Fish: frozen, Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogramma), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $501.9M | $423.0 | $665.5M | -45.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030389 - Fish: frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $1.6B | $2.7M | $661.3M | -4.0% | 3 | +0.2% |
| HS 081040 - Fruit, edible: cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus vaccinium, fresh | $1.2B | $59.6K | $659.6M | +342.3% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 170199 - Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $679.2M | $163.6K | $592.7M | +6.7% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 030631 - Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, rock lobsters and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.), in shell or not | $850.5M | $8.5M | $569.3M | +67.0% | 2 | +0.6% |
| HS 220110 - Waters: mineral and aerated, including natural or artificial, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured) | $530.0M | $6.1 | $469.1M | -38.1% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 070993 - Vegetables: pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.), fresh or chilled | $418.9M | $36.4K | $457.8M | +40.1% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 081010 - Fruit, edible: strawberries, fresh | $618.9M | $134.6K | $361.4M | -22.0% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 030481 - Fish fillets: frozen, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou, Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), and Danube (Hucho hucho) | $319.3M | $0.0 | $318.5M | -24.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 030355 - Fish: frozen, jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $402.4M | $9.8M | $313.3M | +2.2% | 2 | +2.5% |
| HS 080430 - Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried | $279.2M | $3.1K | $290.1M | +10.9% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 030285 - Fish: fresh or chilled, seabream (Sparidae), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $440.0M | $6.2M | $262.3M | +1.4% | 2 | +1.7% |
| HS 030444 - Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae, and Muraenolepididae | $364.2M | $4.4K | $248.3M | +13.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 210390 - Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings | $813.1M | $38.3 | $246.1M | -3.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030353 - Fish: frozen, sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $134.8M | $58.6 | $242.4M | -23.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100640 - Cereals: rice, broken | $525.7M | $659.2K | $235.7M | +48.8% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 080711 - Fruit, edible: watermelons, fresh | $390.4M | $762.7K | $235.4M | +499.5% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 020714 - Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $201.0M | $196.0K | $231.3M | -10.6% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 120740 - Oil seeds: sesamum seeds, whether or not broken | $409.6M | $312.8K | $224.7M | +12.4% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 070999 - Vegetables: edible, n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled | $497.5M | $131.6 | $218.5M | +1.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070820 - Vegetables, leguminous: beans (vigna spp., phaseolus spp.), shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | $176.6M | $14.5K | $216.0M | +10.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030313 - Fish: frozen, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $146.5M | $1.0 | $215.2M | -58.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190190 - Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.s. in heading no. 1901 | $268.6M | $39.0K | $208.1M | +30.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030324 - Fish: frozen, catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $122.2M | $484.2 | $204.9M | -50.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030474 - Fish fillets: frozen, hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) | $300.3M | $2.0K | $199.5M | -5.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080440 - Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | $598.9M | $116.0K | $199.4M | +1.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080522 - Fruit, edible: clementines, fresh or dried | $266.2M | $2.6K | $196.1M | -6.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080610 - Fruit, edible: grapes, fresh | $277.2M | $9.9K | $183.7M | +25.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060319 - Flowers, cut: flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, other than roses, carnations, orchids, or chrysanthemums | $201.5M | $924.4 | $178.2M | +11.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081070 - Fruit, edible: persimmons, fresh | $151.0M | $7.2 | $171.2M | +9.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 110100 - Wheat or meslin flour | $250.2M | $104.7 | $160.3M | -10.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $676.1M | $262.4 | $160.0M | +59.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030323 - Fish: frozen, tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99 | $87.0M | $505.0 | $159.5M | +6.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030559 - Fish: dried, whether or not salted but not smoked, other than edible fish offal, other than cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) | $124.2M | $216.5 | $150.4M | -19.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030339 - Fish: frozen, flat fish, n.e.c. in item no. 0303.3, excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 | $151.9M | $2.3K | $149.2M | -4.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030284 - Fish: fresh or chilled, seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $220.8M | $0.5 | $142.6M | -17.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060311 - Flowers, cut: roses, flowers and buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh | $172.9M | $924.4 | $141.1M | +11.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020500 - Meat: of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | $71.9M | $42.7 | $126.6M | +62.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030616 - Crustaceans: frozen, cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon), in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $175.7M | $1.2K | $123.0M | +68.7% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- China (CHN): $9.2B calculated opportunity across 14 products.
- France (FRA): $4.2B calculated opportunity across 17 products.
- Spain (ESP): $3.4B calculated opportunity across 11 products.
- Canada (CAN): $3.3B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- Germany (DEU): $2.7B calculated opportunity across 7 products.
- Russia (RUS): $1.6B calculated opportunity across 4 products.
- Italy (ITA): $1.5B calculated opportunity across 6 products.
- Poland (POL): $1.3B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Morocco (MAR): $1.1B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Japan (JPN): $1.0B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Libya (LBY): $910.1M calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- United Kingdom (GBR): $727.8M calculated opportunity across 3 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 080711: +499.5% average CAGR, $235.4M calculated opportunity.
- HS 081040: +342.3% average CAGR, $659.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 240220: +85.4% average CAGR, $910.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 030616: +68.7% average CAGR, $123.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 030631: +67.0% average CAGR, $569.3M calculated opportunity.
- HS 020500: +62.2% average CAGR, $126.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 170490: +59.6% average CAGR, $160.0M calculated opportunity.
- HS 230120: +53.4% average CAGR, $1.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100640: +48.8% average CAGR, $235.7M calculated opportunity.
- HS 090240: +47.2% average CAGR, $849.6M calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 030743: 7 buyer markets, $2.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 030617: 6 buyer markets, $5.5B calculated opportunity.
- HS 030752: 5 buyer markets, $906.3M calculated opportunity.
- HS 150420: 4 buyer markets, $910.1M calculated opportunity.
- HS 230990: 4 buyer markets, $696.6M calculated opportunity.
- HS 210690: 3 buyer markets, $3.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 170114: 3 buyer markets, $2.1B calculated opportunity.
- HS 070200: 3 buyer markets, $1.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151190: 3 buyer markets, $1.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 070960: 3 buyer markets, $1.2B calculated opportunity.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting. [Read the Yugalinks methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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